SEASIDE PICTURES, LYALL BAY.
"The Common Law" will be the attraction showing at the Seaside Pictures to-night In this special drama there is a notable all-star cast of players in Conway Tearle, Corinne Griffith, Elliott Dexter, Bryant Washburn, Hobart Bosworth, "Phyllis Haver, and Miss Dupont. There is also a good supporting programme. . 1
Through a mouse having crept into the air gap between two 6000 voltage cables, Aberdeen's electricity ' supply for motor power and lighting was cut off; the massive door of the switch-chamber at the generating station was blown out, the main cables and much machinery were wrecked,, and the place was enshrouded in a curtain of flame and smoke. Serious dislocation of tramcar traffic was caused, lighting gave out, and lifts were held up. One untoward incident of the breakdown was the "marooning" of a woman and three children* in the lift-well of a large drapery Ararohouse. Shipping was also delayed, as the electrically-controlled gates of a" swing bridge1 at the harbour were inoperative for over half an hour. The charred body of\the .mouse was found.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 23, 28 January 1924, Page 3
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178SEASIDE PICTURES, LYALL BAY. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 23, 28 January 1924, Page 3
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